Brighton Michigan-1960: Old Woman Touching Fountain Water At Her House

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationBrighton, Michigan, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Brighton Michigan

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Old Woman Touching Fountain Water At Her House — Clip Details

A woman in a yellow patterned dress walks through her backyard at night in Brighton, Michigan, circa 1960. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures her approaching a tiered water fountain, bending to touch the flowing water. The scene is dimly lit, with a chain-link fence visible in the background and a grainy, nostalgic quality typical of vintage home movies. The footage evokes a quiet, personal moment from a bygone era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127729963

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 2039 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: d danielar
Reel-level year note: 1960
Reel-level location note: detroit michigan
Date: 1960 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Brighton, Michigan, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s home-movie requests needing a quiet nighttime backyard moment with an older woman and residential fountain detail.
Period detail: The yellow patterned dress, 8mm color stock, chain-link fence, and decorative tiered fountain may show mid-century residential yard life.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears unposed as she walks to the fountain and bends to touch the water, giving the clip intimate home-movie value.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older woman, yellow patterned dress, tiered fountain, water basins, chain-link fence, dark yard, and strong film shadowing.
Film character: The clip has grainy 8mm texture, dim nighttime exposure, soft focus, and uneven handheld framing typical of amateur home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a memory beat, domestic-life insert, or transition into a sequence about aging, home, summer nights, or family spaces.
Historical context: The scene documents a private residential backyard activity rather than a public event, with social value in its ordinary domestic detail.
Research note: A visible adult face and residential setting may require likeness and property review, separate from any copyright assessment of the footage.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 8mm home movie, Brighton Michigan backyard, older woman at fountain, nighttime residential footage, and vintage family yard scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Brighton 1960 home movies, then domestic backyard or fountain-themed footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Older woman in a yellow patterned dress walks through a dim backyard in Brighton, Michigan, circa 1960. — The woman moves across the dark yard near a chain-link fence.

A dimly lit tiered fountain stands beside a chain-link fence in the Brighton backyard scene. — The fountain comes into view against the dark fence line.

A decorative tiered fountain is framed in the dark backyard, with a chain-link fence behind it. — The camera holds on the tiered fountain in the nighttime yard.

Older woman in a yellow patterned dress bends beside the backyard fountain and reaches into the water. — The woman leans in and touches the water in the fountain basin.

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